How can foreign applicants apply for the US Patent?
Foreign applicants can apply for US patents. The important facts to be kept in mind are: • If any application for patent has been filed in any foreign prior to the application in the United States, the applicant should provide copy of the foreign application certified by the patent office of the country in which it was filed is to secure this right of priority. • If no claim for foreign priority is made, details of all similar inventions filed more than a year before the filing in the United States should be included in the oath or declaration. • An applicant in a foreign country can make the oath or affirmation before any diplomatic or consular officer of the United States, or before any officer having an official seal and authorized to administer oaths in the foreign country, whose authority shall be proved by a certificate of a diplomatic or consular officer of the United States. • A foreign applicant can avail of the services of any patent attorney or agent who is registered to pra
